Question

A wire carrying current produces


Choose the correct option from given below
(A)Electric effect
(B)Magnetic effect
(C)Both electric and magnetic effect
(D)Neither electric nor magnetic effect

Answer 1

Answer:

Option (b) will be correct.

Explanation: A current carrying wire produces  a magnetic field around itself.

This is called magnetic effect of electric current. It was first discovered by Hans Christian Oersted. In his experiment , it  was observed that when a magnetic compass is brought near a current carrying wire , needle of the compass gets deflected .This shows that current also produces magnetic effect.